tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24426297931949280662024-03-06T12:52:22.085+11:00Rumbly in my Tumbly‘I sometimes think that the act of bringing food is one of the basic roots of all relationships.’ - Dalai LamaMay Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-18704227313530943312013-01-17T10:56:00.000+11:002013-01-17T11:06:52.714+11:00Will you have my hand and my heart, Mister Close?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've probably walked past this place at least 4 times a week on the way to the gym for a whole year, but I've never noticed it till I was practically rammed into the sign by crazy boxing day shoppers outside Dick Smith. Headed over with Jovial and her mom last week but I didn't have my camera, and with Christina and Bella a few days ago.</div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Mister Close. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">246 Bourke St, Midtown Plaza
Melbourne, VIC </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9654 7778</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mon - Tues, 7am - 4pm, Wed - Fri, 7am - 6pm, Sat 9am - 4pm</span><br />
<a href="http://misterclose.com.au/"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">http://misterclose.com.au/</span></a><br />
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You can't exactly see the café from Swanston street; you'd have to look inside Midtown Plaza and spot who/what I'm assuming is Mister Close (right). It's extremely convenient that there are the main banks' ATMs right outside, because they have a minimum of $10 on Eftpos.</div>
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Look at that cold drip! With the beakers and all, it's like some mad Scientist's experiment, which, now that I think of it, is probably how cold drips came about in the first place.</div>
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Christina, Bella and I were served by this guy (I forgot to ask for his name, damn), who had the cutest shy demeanor ever. I think Bella must've really fazed him or something. He was really friendly though, and very helpful with the menu.</div>
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What I really like about Mister Close is that their menu changes everyday, and it's also updated daily on their <a href="http://misterclose.com.au/">website</a>. Most of their menu items are displayed upfront, so you can have a good look at what's available before taking a seat. It's a little sad that their breakfast menu is only till 11am on weekdays though, their American waffles sound absolutely divine! </div>
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Pot of <span style="color: #c27ba0;">chai latté</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$4</span>.</div>
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I'm pretty impressed that they use real chai leaves instead of the powdered stuff that. $4 for such a big pot of real chai is a bargain, really. I don't like chai much, but Jovial did say this is among the better chais she's had.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Gluten-free cookie</span> (I've forgotten what it's called), <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$3</span>.</div>
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Jovial is in love with this gluten-free cookie of theirs It's got a notes of maple syrup to it; and the cookie itself just melts in your mouth. I've heard that their muffins are really good as well, both sweet and savoury are available.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Grilled pumpkin sandwich</span> with blue cheese, caramelized onions and rocket with garden salad, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$12</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br />
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Yeah, me and pumpkin. The sandwich was slightly bigger than I expected, and with the amount of pumpkin I was given, I was pretty filled up by the time I finished it. I was a little annoyed that I discovered that I could choose my salad but I wasn't asked when I ordered.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mexican Chicken Burger</span> with guacamole salsa and sour cream, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16</span></div>
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Christina's dish was my first choice originally, but I typically ordered something else when she ordered this. I did get half of the burger though - the portion was relatively big; probably enough to unexpectedly fill up even a guy's stomach. It's not your typical burger; it was served in what I think is a Turkish pide instead of a burger bun. The chicken patty itself was tasty and juicy.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Butter Chicken </span>with steamed rice<span style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16.50</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span>I had the rice switched out for flatbread instead. At first I was slightly disappointed to be given only 3 pieces, but after finishing the dish I realized that if I had any more, I'd explode. The butter chicken was pretty good too; not your authentic Indian butter chicken, of course, but it was tasty nonetheless. I love how the chicken was juicy, not to mention and abundance of both chicken and curry (gravy? sauce?) in that one bowl. </div>
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Meet Bella, who practically lives at the gym cause she's almost always there, and Christina, who works with me at V-Café at the gym and goes to PlanetShakers as well. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">"<i><span style="color: #c27ba0;">So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being</span></i>" - <b>Franz Kafka</b>. </span><br />
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Overall, I really liked the look and feel of Mister Close. The fact that it's just a stone's throw away from where I stay and the gym (sometimes they're the same thing, really) and most aspects of the place have impressed me will probably keep me coming back.<br />
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I'm starting a new workout/diet program today - <b><a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/the-bizzy-diet.html">The Bizzy Diet </a>by Cory Gregory</b>. It's a 21 day intensive shredding program and it follows an extremely strict diet routine and workout program. That means, for 3 weeks, I wouldn't be going to any new cafés. :( No fret though; I do have a couple of places I've yet to blog about, so I'll work on those. Wish me luck, God knows my weakness is my cravings, or rather any kinda food put in front of my face.<br />
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I've been here 3 times in the past 2 weeks, and dozens of times in the past year and a half. Strangely enough, I've never properly blogged about the place.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;">8 Rankins Lane, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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I was really excited to see a the new menu! The old, plastic boards with the embossed stickers, yeap, long gone. Let me start by pointing out what's new, or what's been changed as far as I remember.<br />
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For one thing,<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;"> this is their weekend menu</span></b>; I did go 2 other times on weekdays when they had their (new) weekday menu, but I've lost the photos on that memory card :(<br />
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1. Breakfast: Cereal of the week<br />
2. Bagels: Grilled Blue Cheese with grapes, roquette and walnuts<br />
3. Bagels: 12 hour Roasted Pulled Pork with lettuce, BBQ sauce and homemade apple slaw<br />
4. Salads: Beetroot and Chickpea with mixed leaves, cherry tomatoes, red onion and fetta<br />
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1. Breakfast: Raisin bagel now comes with Pineapple and apricot jam instead of blueberry passionfruit jam.<br />
2. Bagels: Thick sliced Pastrami now comes with tomato, sauerkraut, swiss cheese and thousand island instead of dill cream cheese and roquette.<br />
3. B.L.A.T is now topped with cranberry and plum relish instead of homemade basil mayo.<br />
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I can't be too sure what's not there anymore, but I do know for a fact that their Baked Eggs aren't on the weekend menu, but is still available on their weekday menu. Also, either their Hungarian Salami or Chorizo bagel has been omitted - I'll go back and check again (or does any reader out there know? Leave a comment!).</div>
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I went with Demie and Maxine on a Sunday mid-morning, and I was surprised that at 10.30am, there wasn't a line or a waiting list. The crowd was slowly building up outside as we were leaving though.</div>
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Manchester Press' latte art is pretty different, I must say. Demie got her coffee and immediately wailed '<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">WHY IS HE GRUMPYYYYY??????</span>'<br />
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Maybe because you were late and made us all wait, little one. Just <i style="text-align: center;">maybe.</i></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Soy latté</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$4</span>. </div>
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Such a beautiful rosetta made on a soy latté, really. </div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Cappuccino</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$3.50</span>. </div>
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I have a feeling the baristas observe the customers who order the coffee and try to make the latté art faces look like them, because Max's latte art lady looked pretty familiar.....</div>
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Now I really love these two to bits; for one, they ordered different items, and for another, they both ordered the new/altered items on the menu! </div>
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Demie's dish looked pretty magnificent: the approximately 1cm thick pastrami just kept me gawking and wishing that I ordered that instead! I tried a small portion, and the pastrami was really good. The taste of the swiss cheese and thousand island didn't come through very well though. I was just really impressed by the portion and quality of the pastrami.</div>
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I've had this twice now, and Max ordered this that day. This dish gives you plenty of bang for the buck; what you see in the photo is probably 3/5s of the portion of pulled pork given to you. You barely have to think about chewing the pork as it was, shall I say, pulled very well. It actually shadowed the apple slaw too. This bagel probably ousted the fruit and nut bagel as my favourite thing to order at Manchester Press! I kid you not. </div>
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It was either slaving another week or so trying to work out Adventures of Tour Guide May Part 2 (<a href="http://may-niac.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/adventures-of-tour-guide-may-part-1.html">Part 1 here</a>) or an hour writing about this gorgeous café I tried yesterday. I opted for the latter; I like blogging about a café while it's still fresh in my memory.</div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Fandango</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">97 Errol Street, North Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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The two of them have been here before and they insisted on sitting in the courtyard at the back; it had a real old school, rustic feel to it on top of it was a beautiful day out. The pictures did the weather no justice at all.</div>
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We ordered three dishes and shared it all among the three of us. I absolutely LOVE it when people do things that way. It's nice to have your own full portion of a dish sometimes, but I'd rather try a little bit of a few things than a lot of one thing!</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Curried Eggs</span> - Indian spiced chicpeas topped with two fried eggs, spicy aubergine pickle, minted yoghurt cheese and warm roti, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$17</span>.</div>
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I haven't had anything curry in a long time, but this one tasted really good, almost authentic even. I've developed a preference for crunchy roti and that's exactly what I got. As it is with most curries, it was a massive burst of flavour. And yes, I did eat the yolk! In my opinion, a little on the pricey side for a vegetarian dish (though most Indian restaurants would charge about that much for a serving that size).</div>
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Both of them raved about the pancakes, and so did Jeremy, who couldn't make it that morning, before I got to try it; and I was very, very curious. However, we were left a little disappointed because the pancakes were a lot heavier than the last few times they've been there. The taste was good; the honeyed cream cheese was something different too.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Pesto Scrambled Eggs</span> - soft scrambled eggs flavoured with basil, pine nuts, garlic and parmesean (basically, pesto), with a grilled tomato on toasted sourdough - <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16</span>, add mushroom +$3</div>
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To me, this one was the dish that really got to me. The pesto that flavoured the scrambled eggs was made well - not too salty and parmesean-y, not too much basil, and not too much olive oil. The sourdough was AMAZING - unbelievable crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside - it had the likeness of sourdough that was freshly baked. The mushrooms were well fried as well - buttery and garlicky. </div>
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According to their menu, they've '<i><span style="color: #c27ba0;">got a great love for pickling and bottling fruits, veggies, sauces and preserves</span></i>'. The items come and go and some are available for you to have with your meal for about $3 a portion, or in jars to buy and take home.</div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;">when violet eyes get brighter
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may.May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-4499929333846168582013-01-11T15:33:00.004+11:002013-01-11T15:55:24.137+11:00Adventures of Tour Guide May Part 1 - What We Ate in Melbourne<b><u><span style="color: red;">WARNING</span></u></b><br />
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So my cousin Jacqueline, my sister Ping, and her boyfriend Dubai, visited me in Melbourne on two separate occasions over the course of 2 weeks. Perfect tourist-guide opportunity, really, though I'm still learning more and more about Melbourne as the weeks go by!<br />
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This is part 1, which is all about the food we had here, and honestly, that's the best part. It'll be followed by part 2, which is basically everything else like places we visited and the zoo.<br />
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I've been here so many times, it's probably one of my favourites now! I mainly brought the three of them here to try out the very different kinds of macarons (like kaya toast and peanut butter and jelly), but Dubai and Jason had some burgers as well.<br />
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I'm a little annoyed that they keep changing the style of their pork burger; the first two times we were here (previous review <a href="http://may-niac.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/sweet-treats-are-made-of-this-who-am-i.html">here</a>), we had two types of the most amazing roasted pork belly; this time, it had 'bakkwa'<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">肉干, cured roasted pork meat) in one slider and if i'm not mistaken, pulled pork in the other. It tasted good nonetheless!</span></span></div>
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Jacq and her <span style="color: #b45f06;">Supersized Love</span> - steroid version of the Hazelnut macaron.</div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">594 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9329 0298</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mon - Tues, 8am - 4pm, Thurs - Sun, 8am - 4pm</span><br />
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Dubai was really amused by the name of the dish; he made something French sound like it was form the Middle East! Like, '<i><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Luh- ah-la-mer</span></i>'. In the end, he said it was just an omelette. </div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Russian </span>- Vodka and lemon house cured salmon tartare, free range poached egg<span style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span>, dill and preserved lemon labneh, seed and sprout sourdough, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16.90</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span>I had the poached egg switched out for avocado for and extra $1. I remember the cured salmon was really good; the lemon went really well with it and it was really, really fresh. I was pretty impressed that they served a big chunk of avocado with the dish too!</div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">8 Rankins Lane, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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The dish they're most famous for: I'd admit that it's pretty good though they've reduced the amount of smoked salmon by quite a lot. Still, their dill cream cheese really makes the dish.</div>
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This was actually recommended by Iryan a long time ago, and I finally got a taste! It's a little on the pricier side because of the smoked salmon (they previously had a chorizo option that they've omitted from the menu) but the pesto was what made it really good.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">115 Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9387 1150</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mon - Sat, 7am - 8pm, Sun - 8am - 6pm</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Easily my favourite café in Melbourne so far! I've brought nearly every guest I've had here (and Manchester Press) and I don't think I'll ever stop coming here. Prices are cheap, and the food's great. Heck I'd just go in to smell the store; the aroma that washes over you when you step into the store is just amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">390 Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9670 3569</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Pho Dzung Tan Dinh</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">208 Victoria Street, Richmond VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9427 0292</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">[ tram 109, stop 21 (Victoria St/Church St) ]</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">620 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9620 9548</span><br />
<a href="http://www.purplepeanuts.com.au/"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">http://www.purplepeanuts.com.au/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">183 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9663 3316</span><br />
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Everyone's favourite Greek joint in the city (i think). They're always buzzing with customers whether it's day or night. I barely eat here though; I don't fancy the comforts of Greek food as much as the next person.<br />
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This was on their specials menu and I have no idea what it is! Whoops, mega blogger fail. The broth is a lot lighter than it looks though; slightly sourish and relatively cloudy. The meat falls off the bone, but it's still a little dry for my liking. </div>
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This was certainly comfort food to the next level; it was rich, creamy and really filling. It's kinda like a Greek version of a lasagna really, instead of pasta sheets, it's eggplants instead. A little on the pricey side, but it was a big hearty portion. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #741b47;">116 Lygon Street, Carlton VIC</span><br /><span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9639 3344</span><br /><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Tues - Sun, 12.30pm - 11pm</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">254 Lygon Street</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9041 2927</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.heladosjauja.com.au/"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">http://www.heladosjauja.com.au/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">210 Lonsdale St, 25-27 QV Square, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9663 3000</span><br />
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But when my sister asked (demanded, more like) for hot chocolate, I couldn't think of any other place (because i never have hot chocolate myself). That's Ping and her Hot White Chocolate (<span style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span>shudders) and a brownie. Doesn't that brownie look amazeballs? </div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Corner of Swanston St and Collins St, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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Since the one at Melbourne Uni has closed for the summer holidays, I brought them to this little stall instead. I've never been and I was really curious. The crêpes looked rather roti-like as you might be able to tell. The salted caramel was was good; the honey, as with every other honey crêpe I've had, dribbled down the botton of the cone and annoyed the hell outta me.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">30 Hardware Lane</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9024 4528</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Passionfruit Chocolate</span>, <span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Pistachio</span>, <span style="color: #ead1dc;">CherryBlossom and Sake</span>, <span style="color: #f4cccc;">Rose</span>, <span style="color: #e69138;">Salted Caramel</span> and <span style="color: #999999;">Earl Grey</span>.</div>
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<u>Markets</u></h2>
I must say, I'm totally in love with Queen Victoria Market and South Melbourne Market. I've never been to any other (besides the Prahran Market briefly), but the atmosphere is just so amazing. Not to mention the produce is mostly local, meaning really fresh.<br />
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Produce aside, there are plenty of food stalls that serve pretty awesome food too. Plenty of stuff you can just get and pop in your mouth, like those olives (drool) and cheese wraps. Just remember to ask for the price before you actually buy them though; if I'm not mistaken the cream cheese wrapped in salmon cost about $5 or something like that.</div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Shop 95, Deli Hall, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9328 1223</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Spinach and Feta borek, Spicy Lamb borek, Potato Borek</span>,<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> $3.50</span>.</div>
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I've never heard of a borek before coming to Melbourne, but when I tried these when i first got here, I was hooked. My favourite would definitely be the Spicy Lamb borek. </div>
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The queue on a Sunday morning would look similar to a shop on Oxford Street on Boxing Day in London, and the owner (right) never stops moving: taking orders, handing out boreks and getting cash. And despite the havoc, she's extremely friendly and patient too. </div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Shop 99, Deli Hall, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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About the juiciest bratwurst I've ever had! If you ever do have the bratwurst here, do have it with sauerkraut. There are a few stalls that sells bratwursts along that row of shops, but you will definitely know which one I'm talking about; the queue (crowd) is one that's similar to the one at the Borek shop.</div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Cecil St, South Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">116 Cecil Street, South Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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I've walked past the paella stall plenty of times and I was extremely excited to try it out. I've never had authentic paella before, but this one was packed with seafood and flavour. </div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Corner of York Street and Cecil Street, South Melbourne VIC</span><br />
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Tons of people ordered their grilled fish, but my sister and I had our eyes set on just one thing in their stall, that being the octopus tentacle that was seducing us from it's pole. It was slightly overcooked, but the flavours were all there: mildly spicy and salty. I do prefer my octopus sashimi style though.</div>
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I missed out on the Suzuki Night Market last summer, so when my sister and Dubai came over, I knew I had to bring them here. At first i thought it was the stalls in the market that was selling the food, but it was more of a food fest of many different kinds of food.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Banjoo's Tucker </span>- Roo Burger, Samples of Emu sausage, Crocodile tail fillet, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$12</span></div>
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This was the stall with the longest line I've ever seen. They specialize in <span style="color: #c27ba0;">game</span> meat (geddit now?), like crocodile, kangaroo , emu and ostrich. Of course we had to try it! I really really liked the crocodile; it was like a firmer form of white fish. I've eaten kangaroo before so there was no surprises there, though it was cooked quite well (I tend to overcook my kangaroo steak) and Ping ate all of the emu sausage before Dubai and I could try any.</div>
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Another stall that was really popular was this one; they had what was similar to shish kebabs but with a South African twist to it; the salsa verde-like sauce on top really sang. The meat was slightly overcooked though. It was slightly overpriced, a stick like that set us back<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> $10</span>.</div>
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Ping was super determined to try this out; a ton of people had this with them. We hunted for quite a while for these twisty potato things, and in the end we found them in the other shed. As you can tell from my expression, I'm definitely not a fan of anything fried and/or potato, but they both enjoyed it. Definitely overpriced for a stick of potatoes though.</div>
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Thank you, everyone, for expressing concern on my previous post, on the phone, on twitter, on FB and everywhere else. Love you all to bits. I'm really okay, and you guys should know that I'm as tough as I look. :)</div>
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I love reading other peoples' summaries/resolutions/etc for the year. So in the midst of my insomnia (I've been working on this post for 4 hours starting 4.30am), I thought I should do one as well, only in a more may-niac fashion: with pictures - just the way you love it.</div>
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Made my first trip in Australia out of Melbourne! And besides visiting my friends at UNSW (below), I spent most of my time with the best aunt ever, Aunty Bee! As you can tell from the oysters, she's one to spoil me. </div>
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It felt amazing to be home for a month in Winter after being away for an entire year, and it felt better because I surprised my sister at for graduation! I can't wait to go back again in February. I miss home, and I miss my family. There have been times when I've realized how I've taken their presence as a family for granted, and as I grow older, I've been learning to appreciate them more and more.<br />
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Jacqueline, my cousin fron Hong Kong but studying in New Zealand (if you think that's a long story, trying asking her about her nationality) paid me a visit not too long ago (blog post long overdue, I'm sorry! It's coming, I promise!) and it was quiet but fun.<br />
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And that was perfect tour guide training the week right before Ping and Dubai came over. (again, blogpost will be up soon!) <span style="text-align: center;">I brought them around for about 5-6 days; it was a whole lot of fun with lots of food, lots of walking around, lots of erratic weather changes: there you go, Melbourne in a nutshell.</span><br />
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Yes Dubai, you're my family too. :)<br />
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Xiaoyun, my long-lost, new-found soulmate from Manchester. It's been a real pleasure knowing you, and even though things didn't work out for you one way or the other, I do hope you'd still come back to Melbourne to see my pretty face!<br />
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Tri-Xha, from KL. I know you visit Australia a lot, so I EXPECT you to come back. Please? =p. I can't wait to bring you those salted caramel macarons you and Jou love so much; and for your lil dress-up tea party when I get home! :3<br />
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Julia, from KL. A new friend who works where I used to work, it's amazing how we got along so well. You were a real joy to bring around; not many people could stomach the amount of food I stuffed you with, and willingly too!</div>
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Brian, from Canberra. Okay so this picture wasn't from your trip, but I hope Amber enjoyed the sweet treats you brought home for her! You've yet to taste the best of Melbourne's food, really..<br />
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Jenn, from Sydney. So I was a little cranky when we met up, but it was really wasn't you; it was great to another familiar face! I haven't visited the USyd campus, and I will definitely ring you up when I visit Sydney the next time!</div>
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Vicky, from Melbourne/KL. Congrats on your graduation!!! It was great seeing you again; I genuinely do miss you and Aris. I'll definitely want to meet up with you when I'm back in Malaysia, though you guys might have to pick me up =p</div>
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Lara, from KL. You were more of Iryan's guest than mine, but it was still fun to bring you around. Maybe Iryan and I can plan a trip to visit you up in Sydney once you've settled down, then it's your turn to bring me to the best burgers in Sydney instead.</div>
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In 2012, I've made new friends, reconciled with people I've had a falling out with, gotten closer to some friends, and reached a different level of understanding with others. Maybe 2013 will be full of more surprises and will bring more fulfilling friendships my way. It's just good that 2012 is a year that did not see any friendships falling apart.<br />
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Among the good company in Melbourne. If your photo isn't here, don't pout.. I'll cook you dinner :)</div>
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2/3s of my favourite people here in Melbourne. Thank you for everything, Iryan and Demie <3</div>
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As for the remaining 1/3, congrats Adam, for getting that exchange to the UK!! You're living my dream, and make sure you live it the hell out for me. The three of us will miss you very much, and I'll see you back again in July :)</div>
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It's no big secret that I was never really happy with what I was doing and the fact that I was in the University of Melbourne. It's something I've taken for granted - not many people have been able to be able to study abroad, or have a tertiary education at all. I've sprouted a new respect and appreciation for my Uni life.</div>
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Uni is not meant to be easy, and it's something I had to learn the hard way, not once, but 4 times. After 1.5 years of sulking around Accounting and Finance, I've finally decided to switch to Marketing and maybe even Management, because I definitely suit Marketing better than anything to do with numbers. It was hard, and I'm so blessed to have parents who understood me and gave me a choice. </div>
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I'm sad to say that my 1.5 year relationship with JasonLMK has come to an end. It was very recent, so it might explain my behavior just a little bit. I haven't got much to say about this, just that we've had a good run, but it was time for us to go our separate ways. </div>
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On the side note: It's always important that you get the blessings for your and your other half's parents, because no matter how good it is, they ultimately have a large hold on what your relationship is and what it will be. If there's something about you that they don't like that you can still change, then maybe that's a test for you as to whether you're willing to change for the one you love. But when it's something that you can never change, like your heritage, your roots, your religion, your race, then it's either they learn to accept, or you pack up and leave.</div>
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Opening up to Melbourne definitely means opening up to the food of Melbourne. Here's the jar that i keep talking about (it's got a lot more paper in it right now) and my Café guide that I follow loosely along with Urbanspoon. </div>
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This is a really, really old picture, but it's probably one of the very few of me in the gym. My fitness in 2012 has been on a massive roller coaster ride. I'm gonna come back stronger and healthier. Remember, it's 30% exercise and 70% nutrition.</div>
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7. 2013<br />
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I hope for a great many things in 2013. I can feel a good 2013 coming, what with my completely unexpected reconnection with God, with my Uni life finally going in a direction where I can actually see a final destination, and with my opening up to Melbourne.<br />
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That, and that I feel a strange energy that's just waiting to pop out and go apeshit on everyone around me. (now that sounds more like me eh?)<br />
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Here's to a great 2013, from me to all of you, and to myself.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">656 Smith St, Collingwood VIC</span></div>
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I didn't get many pictures of my surroundings cause I was preoccupied with the cute dogs sitting outside. It looked like they have an outdoor area at the back, but i didn't check it out. The place was small, but not the smallest and it was relatively quiet for a Sunday morning. The girl who served us acted a little too-cool-for-everything though, but she was nice when I complimented her leggings. Hmm..</div>
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Organic <span style="color: #c27ba0;">orange juice</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$3.80</span>.</div>
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Skipped the usual soy latté cause I just wasn't feeling it that morning. I didn't really like the orange juice there though, but then again, that's beyond the café's control. </div>
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Jason did mention that the coffee was pretty good. We noticed that they do have Market Lane beans there, though I'm pretty sure he got the house blend. +1 for using Market Lane though. Again, we're a little biased.</div>
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I think i'm going through a massive pumpkin phase right now. I really liked the sandwich though I would've preferred a little bit more pumpkin in it. It's always the bread that gets to me though: the crusts were nice and crunchy and it gave the sandwich an extra texture to bite into.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span>jar of cafés : I've been picking out where I've wanted to go over the last few weeks; i use the jar when I really don't know where to go for the morning. If i pick out a place we've already tried, i'll just throw the rolled up paper away and pick another. Heh.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #ead1dc;">So i've watched enough Vampire Diaries. Anyone can recommend anything else? D:</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Dead Man Espresso</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">35 Market Street, South Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9686 2255</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Mon - Thurs, 7am - 4pm, Sat - Sun, 8am - 4pm.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">[ tram 112, stop 127 (York St/Clarendon St) ]</span><br />
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It's a short walk away from the tram stop, but it's also a very short walk away from the market. There weren't any cafés along the adjacent street if i can recall correctly; the only thing i remember was the garage-converted-into-a-crossfit-gym along Clarke St. </div>
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You know you've reached when you see a building that looks like it's made out of crate planks and when you hear the typical buzz of a café. I was really surprised that the place wasn't as busy as a café would be on a Saturday morning, given that Dead Man has quite a good reputation. I'm not complaining though.</div>
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Ordered the usual strong latté and soy latté. I've forgotten how much the coffee is over there; usually i take a photo of their menu but even their menu didn't have the price. Oh well, it can't be far from the $3.50-$4.30 price range. Blend was by Seven Seeds, which is one of my favourites.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Dead Man BLT</span>: pork belly and spinach puree on brioche with pickled fennel and apple slaw, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16.50</span>.</div>
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Review after review, this was the dish that everyone seemed to order. Maybe because you can never really go too wrong with pork belly. It wasn't really a BLT at all, but it's by far one of my favourite pork belly dishes here in Melbourne.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Camp fire brekky</span>: bacon, pork and fennel sausage, confit tomatos, Heinz spaghetti, two fried eggs and sourdough, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$21</span>.</div>
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Yep. This dish was pretty darn big hence the price. Usually I'd turn away from items above $18, but after seeing how much was on that pan, it got my stamp of approval. Jason took one look at it and he said it immediately reminded him of Scouts back in the day, sans the bacon.</div>
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I was a little confused about the Heinz spagetti, but maybe that's what campers eat here. Haha. Only thing missing would be baked beans and charcoal and/or ash in the dish. Jason seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed it; it took him ages to finish up cause there was just so much on a plate. </div>
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I've been told that Dead Man Espresso was in the same category as all the other over-rated cafés, but quite honestly, I liked the place. The staff who served us was a little on the blur side, and another staff just kept taking away the plates and cups without asking, but other than that, I enjoyed it.<br />
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On a side note: Things didn't really go the way I planned for uni, and I was a bit of a wreck inside for the last two weeks. But after finally facing it and working things out, I've decided to drop Accounting and take on just Marketing. I was supposed to do an Accounting subject over the summer, but upon dropping the major entirely, I'm doing a breadth (elective) subject on Sports Coaching. How awesome is that?</span><br /><br /><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Can't wait to watch Life of Pi later! Thanks NuffnangAU!</span></i><br />
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It was a chilly morning in comparison to what we've been experienced over the week. When we got there at early 9am, it was already relatively full with the exception of the tables outside and we were put on a waiting list. At 9am!! Wow.</div>
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Demie and Billy were a little late, and Jason and I were seated about 15 minutes before they came. We got a couple of dirty looks from other customers who had their whole group ready to eat, and even from one of the waitresses handling the waiting list. </div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Strong latté</span>,<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> $3.80</span>, and <span style="color: #c27ba0;">soy latté</span>,<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> $4.30</span>. </div>
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We thought the coffee there was good, but on the whole, pretty average in comparison to their competitors. I'm guessing Two Birds focuses a lot more on their food as compared to their coffee. Didn't really leave that big an impression on us.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Blonde omelette </span>with hot smoked salmon, fennel, chili and coriander, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16.50</span>.</div>
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Demie's smoked salmon omelette. Again, she said it was pretty average. Some parts of the salmon were overcooked and others undercooked. I find it a little strange to put fennel with salmon, but maybe that's just me. </div>
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Billy ordered a kinda custom made breakfast. I didn't really ask how it was cause he was relatively new to my dictatorship at the table and I didn't wanna scare him. But I do remember him saying that it's good, though in a non-committal way. </div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Two Birds</span>: eggs, bacon, tomato, pork chilli and fennel sausage, mushrooms, spinach and tomato relish, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$18.50</span>. </div>
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Jason ordered their spin on a big breakfast. I tried a bit of the scrambled eggs and those were pretty good. Had a good look at the sausages and the bacon and I thought they were pretty oily but no one else had a problem with that. The tomatos were grilled well though.</div>
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25th Nov Specials: <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Beef Wellington</span> - Scotch fillet, puff pastry, salsa verde, horseradish, and a fried egg, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16.50</span>.</div>
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I was so excited when I saw this on the specials menu. I've been meaning to try beef wellington for ages; I've watched too much MasterChef US and Australia. </div>
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Now, a beef wellington, as far as i know, is supposed to look like this:</div>
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And the one here, obviously, didn't look anything like it. It was more of a deconstructed beef wellington. If only they'd mentioned it in the menu, then I wouldn't be as shocked when it was put on the table.</div>
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The puff pastry was really nice and crispy. The salsa verde was really good: it was sour but not too much, had a hint of salty and was just yummy. I really liked the mushroom as well. However, the main part of the dish, the Scotch, was rather average and the egg was slightly undercooked (saw a little bit of translucent egg white).</div>
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Naw cutie patooties. Thanks for joining us for breakfast, guys!</div>
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You could probably guess by now that I'm not very impressed with the place. It was all pretty average overall, to be very honest. What makes it worse is that it's miles away from it's origin, <a href="http://may-niac.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/megans-unexpected-early-birthday-lunch.html">Three Bags Full</a> in all aspects. Maybe it's because I expected so much more because of that, and because it was overhyped.</div>
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May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-23333221819077376372012-11-25T18:36:00.000+11:002012-11-25T18:37:04.113+11:00Aye, aye, Captains of Industry!In my opinion, good cafés around the city are the ones hidden in little laneways. I've passed by this café before when heading to Little Mule the other time, and I've read about it too.<br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Captains of Industry</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">Level 1, 2 Somerset Pl, Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9670 4405</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Mon - Sun, 9am - 5pm, Tues - Sun, 24 hours advance booking required for bistro dining.</span></div>
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This café is more than just a café: it's a barbershop, a tailor, a shoemaker, and it's a bistro as well. I like how some of the cafés in Melbourne have other elements to their store.</div>
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The deco around the area was really old school. A few of the tables had these little old school, grandma's era sewing machines, and there was a really antique looking piano in the far corner too. </div>
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Quite honestly, it felt as if I stepped into the 1940s/50s when i stepped into the café. The vibe, the deco, and even the staff donned haircuts worthy of the era. I kid you not. There was one customer who had his hair cut there, and it looked pretty good. </div>
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(I think his name is) Matt, with the menu board he brought over to our table. The staff there were really friendly, and I think Matt over here was a really good marketer. He made us feel like ordering everything on the menu!</div>
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The coffee was pretty average. The crema on the coffee was completely wiped clean off the glasses, and according to Jason, that means the beans weren't as fresh. I honestly thought it tasted pretty okay, and that the milk was frothed pretty well. Guess that's the difference between one who knows about coffee and another who doesn't.</div>
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When Matt described the dish, Jason was pretty sold. But when the dish was placed on the table, we were both so shocked at how small the portion of pork was. It was about 2.5x2.5 inches. The crackling on top was slightly chewy, and the slaw was rather average. We were pretty disappointed, to be honest.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #ead1dc;">I'm starting work at Virgin Active's V-Café on Tuesday. Yay to familiarity!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Shop 1, 420 Gore Street, Fitzroy VIC</span><br /><span style="line-height: 14.44444465637207px;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9416 4884</span></span><span style="line-height: 14.433333396911621px;"><a href="http://www.breakfastthieves.com.au/"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">http://www.breakfastthieves.com.au/</span></a><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">[ tram 86, stop 20 (Rose St (Keele St)/Smith St) ]</span><br /><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Tues - Fri, 7am - 4pm, Sat - Sun, 8am - 4pm</span></span></span><br />
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The place was a really short walk away from the tram stop. I think Google maps gave us the wrong directions: according to the map, we were meant to turn left at Rose St/Gore St, but the café was immediately to the right of the intersection. <i>*shrugs</i>.</div>
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I was in a bit of a hurry for an appointment (we were already late with the tram delay and the seating delay) so i didn't get any pictures or the treats available, or even a name card. Boo :( The staff members were friendly and cheery as your usual brunch spot café staff would be.</div>
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The café was cosy and the area was spacious. What I really didn't fancy was the way the tables were arranged: big tables where more than one group of customers would dine with another. It's not bad; in fact, it's good for big groups but perhaps I wasn't in the mood to listen to other people's conversations that morning. </div>
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Beans were from STREAT. It was really good, though Jason has had so much of STREAT's coffee over the exam period (from the STREAT stall in Melbourne Central) that he was really used to the taste.</div>
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I didn't feel like having a coffee that morning, so I had orange juice. Joshep had a double espresso and a couple of orange juices to aid his hangover. Tsk tsk. In my opinion, I think Charlie's juices are always pretty good, but just a tad overpriced. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Both Joshep and Jason ordered the very popular baked eggs dish. I tried a bit of the chorizo and the roasted mushrooms, and it tasted pretty good. They were both really impressed with it, so I'm guessing that's more than enough proof that it's good. Joshep really liked the herb garlic toast, <span style="color: #e69138;">'It's real garlic!'</span>. It was quite a big dishful of baked eggs too. Jason's only qualm was that it was a little oily.</span></div>
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Now, anyone who knows me well enough would know that it's nearly impossible to get me to eat any kind of eggs with runny yolk. It's been a psychological problem that I've had since I was really young, and I've never tried it and I've never intended to. I couldn't even eat a minorly undercooked omelette, or look at runny yolk.</div>
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I really have no idea why I decided to go ahead with the soft boiled eggs when they said they couldn't scramble em. Perhaps it's seeing all the people around me enjoying their poached eggs brunch after brunch after brunch, and the feeling of missing out when i come across breakfast items I couldn't order because of the poached eggs.</div>
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Purple Peanuts Japanese Café<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">620 Collins St Melbourne VIC</span><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9620 9548 </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Funnily enough, the name didn't even click when I mentioned it to him. He actually comes here nearly every lunch hour. <i>Tsk</i>, how he failed to mention a good place to eat to me, I have no idea!</span></div>
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First thing I noticed was the deco all around. The place had so many posters of The Beatles (+100 points right there!), and you might notice that the Maneki-Neko (the cats with the waving paw) are have their make-up done like KISS. </div>
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The actually make their own chocolates here. How cool is that? They've got stuff like green tea brownies (sold out both times when I was there), panna cotta, and other little sweet treats. </div>
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More sweet treats over their sushi display (which I failed to take a good picture of). I had a sample of their yuzu cake, and I really liked it! What I'm really keen on trying is their ume and raspberry marshmallows though. Maybe another day.</div>
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Another item that's pretty popular there is the vegie onigiri. If it's anything like the tuna one I had, it's basically vegie, rice, and it's deep fried. O.o</div>
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Their menu was, obviously, Japanese, of which some items had small twists to it, like the Prawn Burger. Loved that they used brown paper and marker pens. Gave the place a slightly rustic touch.</div>
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Okay so I've described a little too much about the place, but I really like this café!</div>
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Daigo's <span style="color: #c27ba0;">homemade miso soup</span>,<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> $2.90 (Regular)/ $4.50 (Large)</span>, </div>
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I don't know who Daigo is, but I want to give him a big, big hug. This is, hands down, the best miso soup I've ever had in my life, and maybe because I've been having instant miso all this while. It wasn't overpoweringly salty, and it didn't make me feel like I was on the verge of dying from dehydration after.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Chicken curry</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$9.20</span>.</div>
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I tried some of what Jason ordered and I liked it. The curry wasn't very intense, and that means that it didn't taste artificial at all. The chicken is flame grilled, juicy, and just yummy. </div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Gammodoki Prawn Burger</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$9.50</span>.</div>
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It wasn't a typical burger; it wasn't even circular shaped! But this is easily my favourite burger in Melbourne. Sure, the patty is made of tofu and some people may not dig that (<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Minn</span>, I'm looking at you), but I definitely did. The teriyaki sauce in the burger was what made it amazing. </div>
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I went back the next day for dinner. I really do like this place.. I rarely go back to the same place twice if i can help it.</div>
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Jason sneakily ordered this cause he knew I really wanted to try it. I liked it: really crispy on the outside and not too gooey or chewy on it inside. It tasted really good too, but because it was basically rice, and deep fried, it's highly unlikely that I'll order it again unless I'm really craving for it. </div>
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The pork was slow cooked and braised. How awesome does that sound? The pork was really tender and it tore up really easily in my mouth. And, of course, it didn't have that smelly porky taste at all! The korean chilli that came with it was something really different.</div>
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Definitely no regrets though. It was really good. The soba was really yummy and the soup was so different: Japanese curry, but not as thick yet it wasn't diluted. And the best part was, it isn't your typical spicy curry (the type that'll make you sweat and have a tummy ache after). I drank the soup till the bowl was dry.</div>
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Their homemade panna cottas weren't really panna cottas in my opinion, more like pudding. It was well made: soft, silky and not too sweet, but among all the things I've tried there, this is probably the only thing I had there that didn't blow my mind. </div>
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I should also add that as far as Asian take-out-like places go, the staff there were really friendly. I think I spoke to the owner, who tried to convince me to convert to Nikon. NEVERRRRRRRR!</div>
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This really is a pretty place with good food. I'd definitely come back, especially since Jason is working a stone's throw away from the place. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #ead1dc;">really, call me out if you need someone to accompany you. i'm really bored at home all the time now.</span></i></span></div>
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So the holidays began last Friday for me. By the second day, I was bored out of my mind. Thank god for people like Demie who has time to have brunch with me =s.<br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: inherit;">The Mess Hall</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;">51, Bourke St, Melbourne VIC</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">03 9654 6800</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.themesshallmelbourne.com/">http://www.themesshallmelbourne.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: inherit;">Mon-Fri- 7.30am-late, Sat-Sun, 8am - late</span></div>
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Decided to go somewhere near the gym on Bourke St. I know eating right before a workout isn't the best thing to do, but it was motivation to choose my food carefully. And besides, there isn't much jumping around in RPM (spin) anyway.</div>
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It's a short walk up from Exhibition St, just a few minutes walk away from Virgin Active. It's a little hard to spot, their sign is really high up. Or maybe I'm just short.</div>
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The front part of the café/restaurant was more spacious than your average café, and slightly dimly lit. It was really cosy, and it just gave off a very chilled aura.</div>
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Jason, Demie and I were shown to the back portion of the café, where it was brightly lit because of the stairwell (yay for natural lighting for photos!), right next to the kitchen.</div>
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The Mess Hall serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'm not too sure if their breakfast is all-day or not though. Damn, forgot to ask. The items on the menu were pretty reasonably priced, which is a sight for a sore wallet's eyes (like mine).</div>
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Say hi to the chef and the sous chef!</div>
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Generally, they serve Italian food for lunch and dinner, but their breakfast menu had what you'd typically have in a Melbournian café's menu.</div>
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Jason's <span style="color: #c27ba0;">strong latté</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$3.80</span> and my <span style="color: #c27ba0;">soy latté</span>,<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> $4.30.</span></div>
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To be very honest, I didn't like the coffee. It was very well made, that's for sure: the milk was frothed perfectly and it was the right heat. What I didn't like was the blend they used. Jason described it as a very, very chocolatey taste, but it didn't taste at all like chocolate to me!</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Poached asparagus</span> with scrambled eggs and shaves parmigianno, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$12.50</span>.</div>
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Funnily enough, I somehow confused parmigianno and proscuitto. My own mistake, but I stayed true to my promise to myself: keep the portion small. </div>
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Demie's brunch choice was very pleasing to the eyes. So colourful! Loved it. She gave me one corn fritter cause she was so sure she wouldn't be able to finish it, And it was good. The fritters weren't overpowered with doughy flour, but there was a very strong peppery taste to it that some people might not like. There was also a bit of what we reckoned was pumpkin at the bottom, which too had a strong peppery taste.</div>
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The poached egg was slightly overcooked, but it still had a lot of the watery yolk thing going on. Jason really liked it and that it was a lot more filling that it really looks. The ham was tasty and not too salty, and the spinach was cooked really well. What he was really happy with was that he was finally able to try hollandaise (yes, we both have never tried hollandaise).</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not used to being on my own during the day. I've got so much free time now that Iryan, Adam and Zack, typically the people I hang out with the most, are back home in M'sia, and Jason's started work again. Thank god my cousin Jacq and sister Dr. Ping are coming on two separate occasions to visit me.</span></div>
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May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-37503001238923574042012-11-17T18:15:00.003+11:002012-12-19T23:19:15.783+11:00Mart 130, as seen on JinnyboyTV's unfold 2.In conjunction with the end of my exams and the release of<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JinnyboyTV/videos?view=0"> JinnyboyTV</a>'s unfold 2 yesterday, I decided to head over to the café that was filmed in the video with Demie.<br />
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It is extremely easy to get here. Just hope on the 96 tram towards St Kilda beach, and get off at stop 130. Which is probably how they got the name 'Mart 130': 'traM #130'.<br />
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I have no idea when did they film this exactly, but from what I've heard about this place, it's rare to have the place not full, let alone nearly empty.</div>
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unfold 2, which obviously, is the sequel to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URp5zFYuJGk&feature=relmfu">unfold</a>.<br />
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Well, the people who attended<a href="http://may-niac.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/up-close-personal-with-jinnyboytv.html"> the showcase about three weeks ago </a>got to watch most of the video (but not the ending), so we already knew where they went in Melbourne in the video. Feels nice to see places in the video and actually know which building is which, etc. Great job with the video!<br />
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Despite how packed it was, Demie and I only had to wait for about 5 minutes to get a seat, as we were seated facing the park behind the tram stop. We reckon there's a dog park somewhere nearby, cause we saw a lot of dogs walking around. And all cute as, I must say.</div>
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It's a baby and a doggie. Naw. Sokute.</div>
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The portions were what you'd expect them to be, not too massive and not poverty portions either. I'd say the portions are just nice. <span style="text-align: center;">Demie's pide was good: we both liked it but we both thought it was a tad overpriced. The vinaigrette was a good touch as well.</span><br />
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Open zaatar spiced <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Turkish flatbread</span> topped with tabbouleh, rocket, tzatziki, hummus, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">and slow roasted pulled lamb shoulder</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$16.50</span>**</div>
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**I actually ordered and paid for the flatbread with <span style="color: #c27ba0;">warm falafel patties</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$13.50</span>, instead of the lamb, but they gave me this by mistake and I didn't realize it until later. :/</div>
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I actually really liked mine. It was something really different, and again, tasted good. A little too much rocket for my liking, but the hummus was really good and smooth. Didn't exactly come with 'pulled' lamb (maybe that's why I didn't realize it was the wrong dish), but it tasted good all the same.</div>
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May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-11752748204036888762012-11-01T11:30:00.000+11:002012-11-01T11:38:57.755+11:00Demie's All-Day 20th Celebration: Brunch at Café SweetheartsFirst of all, happy birthday to my closest girlfriend in Melbourne, Demie! I probably spent a good 2 weeks stressing out about planning your birthday, and as bad as this may sound, I'm glad the weight's finally off!<br />
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She picked South Melbourne for brunch, so we headed to Café Sweethearts as opposed to the usual hotspots like Chez Dré and St. Ali etc.</div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Caf<span style="font-family: inherit;">é Sweethearts</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #741b47;">263 Coventry St, South Melbourne VIC</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9690 6752</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">[ tram 96, stop 127 (South Melbourne Market) ]</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">Mon - Fri, 7am - 3pm, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">Sat - Sun, 8am - 3pm</span></span><br />
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It's just a very short walk from the market, I nearly walked past it if Demie didn't point it out. There were about 2 staff members who greeted and seated us, and the café had only one other customer in store. The place started to fill up as we were halfway through our meal though.</div>
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It was a very simply, but very prettily decorated place. Very pretty, very nice lighting, light music. Probably a very good place to have a date, which goes hand-in-hand with the name of the café.<br />
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Their counter was small, with a small coffee machine and a few muffin displays. The staff members let us do our own thing most of the time, they didn't really say much aside from taking our order and when I paid the bill.<br />
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Banana coconut and honey and apple rhubarb and strawberry for the day. Sounds good eh? Too bad i didn't grab one.<br />
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It might be obvious to many people that the focus of the café is eggs, eggs, and eggs. 1.5 pages in the menu, all dedicated to eggs - poached, scrambled, or fried.<br />
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Demie's pasta looked very much like a carbonara, but it was really light. From what I saw, there was plenty of meat as well. Only thing was, linguini, which was what it was supposed to be, would've definitely suited the sauce better than penne.<br />
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You can never go wrong with roasted pumpkin, eggplant and capsicum. The veggies were relatively sweet, so the feta complimented it well.<br />
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May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-91626933171516875302012-11-01T11:29:00.000+11:002012-11-01T11:41:05.672+11:00Demie's All-Day 20th Celebration: High Tea at ARIA, The Langham So after brunch, we stopped by Iryan's place for a while since we had some time to chill before heading out for high tea. Up till when we walked through the doors, Demie had no clue where we were going for high tea.<br />
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I was pretty excited. There was a group of classy ladies and a baby next to us, and it automatically made me feel a little classier. It's a good thing we kinda dressed up for the occasion.<br />
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It doesn't look like much at all (there was one more plate of two items), but even though our brunch earlier was very light, this really filled us up. I was full up till dinner time!<br />
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The chocolate torte was rich, but it was really good. You could tell it was high quality chocolate. We couldn't detect what was in the roulade, but it was soft and light. Demie thought the crème brûlée was too sweet, but I really liked it! The truffle was crunchy on the outside, and soft on the inside.</div>
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Do you guys like the new blog header? Sieu Minn didn't like the macarons, so I decided to get my visualized header from a few weeks ago photographed and put up ASAP. ;)<br />
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<br />May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-2857344503786845452012-11-01T11:28:00.000+11:002012-12-19T23:19:42.090+11:00Demie's All-Day 20th Celebration: Tapas at Long Room<span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't have much time to rest after high tea since dinner was at 6.30pm. Again, Demie didn't know where we were going until Berlin and Tom brought her there.</span><br />
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I was very, very disappointed that the website didn't say anything about the mains menu not being available on Wednesday nights because of their <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Midweek Tapas Feast</span>, which meant that everyone dining there on Wednesday had to pay<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> $28/person</span> for an all-you-can-eat tapas fare. I did make it very clear to one of the waitresses there about how I felt, but then again, there's only so much she could do about it. I did advise them to do something about their website though, because I went there expecting there to be at least a choice of what we could eat.<br />
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They had plenty of tapas. Each person could only order 2 at a time, which I felt was a smart thing on the restaurant's part, but a little unfair to the customers. It took at least 20 minutes between each serve to arrive, which means the food would've settled. We only managed to take 3 rounds and we were stuffed to the brim.<br />
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I had the Spicy Garlic Prawns, Chorizo Romesco, Champignon Mushrooms, Albondigas, Chilli Chicken, Mushroom Empanada, and the Lamb Kofta, and they were all pretty food.</div>
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It was a good thing the food there was good. The others seemed pretty happy with their food, though they kept missing a few orders.<br />
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Adam and Iryan, thanks for being on time :)</div>
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Berlin and Tom, thanks for everything!<br />
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Ky-Lynn and Zack, you guys always have the best pictures!<br />
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Jason and I. Doesn't he look so schmart awujiwujiwuu<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day out, Demie! You're 20 and while you've already been independent and mature in many ways, maybe it's about time you start taking better care of yourself emotionally, and physically too (you know what I mean). It's been a pleasure to be your friend. You may annoy the hell outta me a lot (trust me), but you'd be glad to know that I do care (I hope your day was enough to prove it lol), even though I'm not always physically there.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How good does a coffee have to be to get your customers coming back, even when you don't have a proper address, nor a namecard with any details whatsoever on it?</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.patriciacoffee.com.au/"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">http://www.patriciacoffee.com.au/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When you walk through the door, there'll be someone very friendly by the counter, ready to take your order (if there isn't a line). You pay, you wait, you drink, and you leave. Happy. Very happy. At least, Lara, Adam, Iryan, Jason and I did when we went there (two different occasions).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First of all, happy (now belated) 20th birthday to one of the closest high school friend I have in Melbourne, Minn! I hope you enjoyed your day out yesterday! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course it was a must for me to bring her out for brunch/lunch, and I picked Friends of Mine since it was also on Minn's list of cafés to try out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 14.44444465637207px;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9428 7516</span></span></span><br />
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The place wasn't very hard to find from the train station. It was about a 5 minute walk on the same side of the road on Swan St. You won't miss it; it's right next to the netball/basketball court, and it's probably the only café around amongst the warehouses.</div>
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The coffee was alright. I didn't really pay attention to the coffee that day though, so I'll get Jason to do that when we go back there. </div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Toasted banana bread</span> with maple syrup mascarpone, banana, berry compote and pistachio, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$14.90</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The mascarpone, which was very light, didn't bog down the already relatively heavy banana bread and you can never go wrong with berries and banana. The pistachios gave a different depth of flavour to the berries and the mascarpone. </span></div>
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I suppose the only qualm i had with the dish was that I can never be full with a sweet dish, so i was still hungry after. I'd imagine that it'll be ridiculous if they gave a bigger portion than that cause it'll definitely be too, what we Malaysians call, jelak (excessively satiated).</div>
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Headed to Strange Wolf for dinner with a relatively big bunch of people for dinner. </div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Mon - Fri, 12pm - late, Sat, 8pm - late</span></div>
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The place is actually a bar, lounge, and a disco. It was really, really dark when we walked in and it took me a while to adjust to the surroundings.<br />
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It felt as if i was in a dungeon, really, just with air conditioning and alcohol. We got this massive table for our group at 16, and it felt as it we were dining in a castle with the candles and everything.<br />
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Their menu is really limited, just 6 burgers. Out of 6, the we ordered 5. I guess no one was interested in a pumpkin and pinenut burger (<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Fairy Godmother, $14</span>). The burgers came pretty quickly, almost instantly in fact.</div>
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Most of them ordered <span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Wolf, $12</span> (bottom right), and by the looks of it, they seemed to like it. Or maybe they were just really hungry. Only Yusri and Russell ordered <span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Golem, $15</span> (top right) and Jo and Debra (i think) ordered the <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Bacon, $15</span>.<br />
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I had the <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Shroom Burger, $12</span> (bottom left). It was pretty good. The bun was sweet and soft, and the massive portobello mushrooms were cooked well. I enjoyed the caramelized onions the best though. Portions were pretty big as well, and the chips were really good. Thin, crispy, and not too salty.<br />
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We headed back to Minn's place since she was too shy to have her cake at the bar. The cake was a Mango Sorbet cake, from Bread Top. Good job Kit Yen for recommending this! It was really good!</div>
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Sherwin's gift to Minn.</div>
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Earphones. Noice. I hope you liked all the presents you got this year, Minn :)</div>
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Love you long time. It's great that after a year in Melbourne, we're finally going out more! Don't be too stressed out about exams. I'm very sure, knowing how you were like in high school, that your exam demons will be battled down without a doubt. Now get off my blog and go study.</div>
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I was in Melbourne Central on Thursday when I spotted Jin and Reuben from<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/jinnyboytv?feature=results_main"> JinnyBoyTV</a>, and Marianne who starred in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URp5zFYuJGk">unfold</a>, one of their videos. It took a while for me to realize who they were, and I think they noticed that I was staring. Whoops. I knew <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIa0XLXjgI">they were here in Melbourne</a> to film unfold 2, and that they were seen at Melbourne Central a lot, but I was still surprised to see them there.</div>
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I think was a little starstruck when I received a reply. I don't think I've met anyone anywhere close to famous before, and getting a tweet from Jin kinda threw me off guard. Of course, I didn't join them for lunch but I did go upstairs to grab a picture with them after contemplating for a good 15 minutes while walking around Melb Central (I'm shy, no joke). </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The weather didn't go too well though. It was raining, it was cold, and it was windy as hell. But I made it to Arrow looking decent despite getting slapped around by wind and rain anyways. It was a little sad that I was there alone, and that I didn't see any familiar faces at all. At least the majority of them were Malaysian.</span></div>
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We started 48 minutes late. Yea. I check the clock a lot when I have nothing to do.<br />
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The turn out was pretty good too; they were even humble enough to admit that they were really happy when they were told that 15 people have bought tickets for the event a few days prior.<br />
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Both Jin and Reuben answered the many questions the host asked, mainly about how JinnyBoyTV came about and what they do while they film their videos. They both seem like very humble, down-to-earth guys who genuinely love doing what they do.<br />
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I think he's a pretty good actor, considering he hasn't got any acting background and all, but really, that shirt.. No, no, nope. He didn't say much though, but he seemed like a pretty chilled kinda guy.<br />
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Marianne is as pretty in real life as she is in her videos, if not prettier. And humble too! Had a short chat with her when they were wrapping up the photography/meet&greet session. Didn't realize we have a mutual friend, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/dmingthing">Ming Han</a>, up till that night!</div>
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Watching unfold lead to the biggest easter egg of the night, which i shall refrain from mentioning to avoid spoilers, as well as another: we were the first people in the world (besides Jin, Reuben, Marianne and Ethan) to see clips and footage from unfold 2. Yeah. <b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Totally worth it.</span></b></div>
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The first clip they showed was enough to make me tear cause I guess I could relate to the emotions and the situation in the video. We were shown very raw, very unedited clips, and even then it was already pretty good. It was so raw, Jin had to narrate and explain quite a number of parts of the video. All the clips we saw were filmed in Melbourne, it felt nice to see parts of Melbourne that I've been to/know of.<br />
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And the photo of you and them. Good luck with your YouTube channel too! I can't seem to find it via the usernames you gave me though, but let me know when you finally figure out what you username is (lol).</div>
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I'm just waiting on the official photographer to post up pictures from the night; I wasn't allowed to use my own camera for individual pictures with them (though tons of other people did it, sigh), so I've gotta be patient. Or maybe not.<br />
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They're nice people to talk to, really. I guess it's the perception of them being seemingly famous that makes you think that they're on a different level, but they're really just like us.<br />
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Good job Meld magazine! Although some things could've been planned or handled better, but I really enjoyed my time that night and I'm sure the others did as well. <span style="text-align: center;">I'd happily spend another $20 on another event like that.</span></div>
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May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-74775094290764596302012-10-27T09:21:00.000+11:002012-10-27T09:21:47.831+11:00I've got a Yogurddiction.I think the concept of a foodtruck is a very smart one. You're mobile, your customer base may be a tad bit larger than the usual restaurant and how many you get also depends on your own strategic placing.<br />
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When Yogurddiction tweeted that they were at the State Library, about 5 minutes away from where i stay, I picked up my bag, put on my jacket and ran out the door. I've been meaning to try it out for AGES, but they're always too far for me to travel to.</div>
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Whenever you see that truck, you'll definitely know it's them. I mean, no one else would drive around in a striped, pink truck. I like it! It's so cute, and it makes it very approachable. Like the ice cream trucks we see in movies, sans the annoying music.<br />
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Exchanged a few words with one of the partners, Jason (from Singapore) about the froy while his business partner (oh no, i can't believe i forgot her name!) served the customers. They were pretty friendly, though I think they were a little overwhelmed by the crowd of students who flocked to their van out of no where.</div>
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Basically you get to choose one of the froyo flavours available for the day, with three of any of their toppings, and you get a big fat cup of it. I chose peach mango with granola, crushed almonds, and strawberries. They had other toppings too, but I decided that the healthier, the better. </div>
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Price-wise, pretty worth it, I must say. Places like Cacao Green and Tutti Frutti would probably give you a slightly-more-than-poverty portion for that price.</div>
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How was it? Well,<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;"> i loved it!</span></b> It didn't give me that slightly frostbitten, stinging, rough feeling i get from Tutti Frutti's and Cacao Green's. It was smooth, not too sweet, and the peach and mango was just spot on, and it didn't have any hints of artificial anything in it.<br />
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Completely clean. I would've licked the cup too if my face could fit in that way. I nomed it down in less than 5 minutes, cause it was just so good! Oh, yummy yummy..</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I took Jason to Patricia's (post coming soon!) for an early morning coffee since he wasn't with me the first time I went. And when I say early, I mean, 7.15-am-out-of-the-house early. I remembered reading on <a href="http://fatboo.com/2012/10/melbourne-secret-hidden-coffee-trail.html">Fatboo's Hidden Coffee Trail</a> that Dancing Goat was near Patricia's, and that they serve breakfast there so we decided to give it a go.</span><br />
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Dancing Goat Café</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">Shop 4, 280 King Street Melbourne VIC</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9670 4002</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DancingGoatMelbourne"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">https://www.facebook.com/DancingGoatMelbourne</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Mon - Fri, 7am - 4pm</span><br />
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It was quite a walk, from home, to Patricia's (Lt Bourke/Lt William), to Dancing Goat. I was really hoping that the food wouldn't let me down after all that walking, and it didn't. There were two staff members working at the time, and both of them were really friendly. I even had a chat with the owner about her camera.<br />
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The place was relatively empty at about 8am, but not for long. It wasn't crowded with a long line, but there was a little but of a buzz from a few walk-ins and take-aways.<br />
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You probably wouldn't notice the crazy, colourful paintings on the walls until you sit down. They're all for sale, painted by one of the owner's cousins (brother? cousin?).</div>
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We were lucky that out trip here wasn't a week earlier; they've just changed their menu and their supplier of the buns (Dench Bakers). The muffins were freshly baked, but both Jason and I couldn't stomach any more food after we were done, it was too early in the morning.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Soy latté</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$4.40</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Strong latté</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$3.80</span>.</div>
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We had our usual coffees, but Jason's palette was a little clouded from the coffee he just had from Patricia's. I liked the coffee there. Ironically enough, I've developed a strong liking for Seven Seed's beans. The soy is a little pricier than the average, though the low price of the food probably makes up for that.</div>
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According to the menu, it's 'magic' and I honestly agree. The beef tasted so good after all that work put into making it. I wish I bought another to take home. It was great that the pickle wasn't the mega salty, fast food quality kind.<br />
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The feta and herb ricotta was really, really good. It was soft, tasty, and it went well with the proscuitto, and the whole bun too actually.<br />
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It's simple, and it was good. The slow roasted tomato really cut through the bocconcini, and the basil pesto was really aromatic. It sounds boring, but it doesn't taste boring.</div>
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I didn't taste much of this, but I tasted enough of the chutney to like it. It had a very nice, smokey, onion flavour to it, and the egg was cooked well enough to give the bun a different texture.<br />
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Of course I had to take the bun with mushrooms in it. How could i not?! I really don't know what crack they've put into the ricotta, and the mushrooms were just as good as the ones from <a href="http://may-niac.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/megans-unexpected-early-birthday-lunch.html">Three Bags Full</a>.</div>
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There were quite a few people waiting for coffee, so I think she left this one in the toaster a little longer cause it came a little flat. No matter, it just made the bun a little crunchier. The goats cheese went really well with the eggplant, though we both thought it was sour cream at first.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Throughout our meal, I've concluded that they've got a relatively big return customer base cause the owner kept greeting quite a number of customers by name. Now that's what I call good relationship marketing (heh, I'm doing a lot of revision for Principles of Marketing now, sorry). </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Is anyone going for JinnyBoyTV's showcase today?</span></i></div>
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May Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086908419313690407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442629793194928066.post-73948296229796839062012-10-25T16:47:00.001+11:002012-10-26T06:17:10.333+11:00Megan's unexpected early birthday lunch at Three Bags Full.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are quite a number of common names when you mention cafés in Melbourne: Manchester Press, Proud Mary, St. Ali, etc. Among those popular names, Three Bags Full is probably one of them as well. Megan was really shocked to hear that I've not been there, so she decided to take me there for lunch.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Mon-Fri, 7am - 5pm, Sat-Sun & public holidays, 8am - 5pm</span><br /><span style="color: #ead1dc;">[ tram 24, 42, 109, stop 20 (Lennox St/Victoria St) ]</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: normal;">I liked the place the minute I stepped in. The place had pretty deco and people who served us were really friendly; about 4 of them flocked to us to serve us with big smiles on their faces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ngaww, how cute. They had a sheep motif going on, which probably explains the lamb by their name cards.</span></div>
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A small section of their café was for their retail goods: coffee beans, granola, keep cups, even loaves of freshly baked bread.</div>
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I don't know, is that supposed to be a weighing scale? Their cupcakes looked so good, especially the flourless chocolate cupcake! Too bad I was too full from lunch to order one for dessert.</div>
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The coffee was alright. Not the best, but definitely not bad. Maybe it's because I've had coffee at Patricia's (coming up soon!) and it's still in my head and any other coffee pales in comparison.</div>
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Of course, Adam had something sweet to eat. It looked amazing the second it was placed on the table with the rhubarb and strawberries all over. Adam and Iryan really enjoyed it and upon tasting it, so did I; but we all agreed that the hotcakes were a little too thick and cake-like. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was one of the specials for the day. Megan said it was really good, but she was too full to finish the portion. I'm guessing she's a really small eater, cause I would've walloped all that in 10 minutes.. And red pepper coulis, how cool is that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Overall, quite honestly, I really, really liked the place. I wouldn't say that their coffee is the best, but for food, definitely, hands down, the best. I was really disappointed when they told me they've completely sold out their Twice Baked French Toast, so I'm definitely going back there to try that. And also cause Jason hasn't had the chance to go there.</span></div>
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By the way, happy early birthday Megan! I hoped you enjoyed lunch as much as I did (though you did say it was one of your favourites, so yeah you probably did). Here's to great food and coffee, and many more café outings, since you're probably the one person who loves cafés more than I do. :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our friend Lara is here on a holiday, and according to Iryan, she loves, <b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">LOVES</span></b>, burgers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know many people would've suggested <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/71/1429501/restaurant/Melbourne/Andrews-Hamburgers-Albert-Park">Andrew's Hamburgers </a>in Albert Park, but the problem with Andrew's is that there isn't any space to sit and enjoy your meal. Park benches, unfortunately, do not count. So the next most talked about burgers out there was Huxtaburger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I placed an order over the phone before we left from Bourke/Swanston, and the girl over the phone was very friendly. We got there before the dinner rush came in I suppose, cause there were other customers there but it wasn't mad crowded or anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I did hear that some had to wait up to 45 minutes to an hour for their burger even after ordering over the phone. But we weren't as unlucky, thank goodness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I would've taken a picture of their signboard, but I'd have to stand in the middle of the road to do that, so i guess the name card will have to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't know this, but i read on <a href="http://poorstudenteats.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/a-hot-beef-injection-huxtaburger.html">Poor Student Eats</a> that the burgers are named after the characters in The Bill Cosby Show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know, does anyone watch <b><span style="color: #c27ba0;">The Bill Cosby Show</span></b>? I don't, so I can't relate. It's a good idea though, especially Denise (the hot one).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now about that pink mayonaise, there's nothing gross about it. They just added some beetroot juice for the colour, in support of <i><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Breast Cancer Awareness Month</span></i>. And on top of that. $0.50 for every Denise sold in October goes to Breast Cancer Research. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">+10 for their karma right there. I'm a sucker for any act of nobility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I did bring 5 people with me, but I didn't have a burger cause to be very honest, I don't really like burgers, and cause I wanted to pick up some of Trippy Taco's down the road.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The basic burger - probably the best way to gauge how good a burger is. Both Lara and Maxine had this, and Lara said it's '<i><span style="color: #999999;">amazing</span></i>'. Maxine mentioned that Huxtaburger put more care into the patty, compared to Andrew's where they focused more on the toppings that came with the burger.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: inherit;">Denise (the hot one) </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #741b47;">- </span><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #741b47;">huxtaburger with jalapeno and sriracha mayo, </span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">$9.50</span><span style="color: #741b47;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">To be very honest, this is exactly the type of burger I'd order, just cause it had the magic word 'Sriracha' in it. I did try some of this, and I really liked it with the jalapeños, but I didn't taste much sriracha in it.</span></span><br />
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Overall, I think they enjoyed the burger, especially Lara and Jason. One thing though, and I'm sure the rest would agree, the size of the burgers were a little small to fill them up. I was surprised no one ordered a second one, though Adam did have a massive burrito with me from Trippy Taco after. And maybe an issue with space. The 6 of us had to squeeze into one table that was probably meant for 4.<br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">EARL Canteen</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">500 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">03 9600 1995</span><br />
<a href="http://www.earlcanteen.com.au/"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">http://www.earlcanteen.com.au/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;">(Enter via Lt. Bourke, Corner of Lt. Bourke and Lt. William)</span><br />
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The first thing you should look for is their <span style="color: #6aa84f;">green sign</span>, and their giant '<span style="color: #6aa84f;">EARL</span>' upfront. You'd also notice that you are surrounded by office workers in their suits and slacks (if you go during lunch hour). Which I think is the main purpose of EARL Canteen: to cater for the busy lunch crowd.<br />
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Their interior is very clean, and very crisp. Minimal deco, with maybe a few plants here and there. Loved the little bit of green splashed around the entire café.<br />
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I've been here twice in two days, once with Demie, and the second with Adam, Iryan and our friend from KL, Lara.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Organic Cola</span>, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$4</span>.</div>
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The last time I had any form of Cola was probably back in Malaysia when I sipped some of it with some Whiskey about 4.5 months ago. This cola that Demie ordered was different compared to the usual Coke or Pepsi though. It wasn't as sweet, but really, I didn't like it, mainly cause I don't like carbonated drinks at all.</div>
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Crisp skin freerange <span style="color: #c27ba0;">pork belly sandwich</span> with apple, cabbage & fennel coleslaw, wilted silverbeet, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$13.50</span>.</div>
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I had mixed feelings about the bit that Demie fed me: both of us agreed that baguettes are a bit too hard a type of bread to use as a sandwich. Demie said the crackling was really, really crispy and the pork was good without any bit of that dirty-pork taste. What creeped me out was the strands of hair sticking out from the crackling: were you supposed to leave it there, or is coming across pork belly hair inevitable?! Eep!</div>
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As they cater for the busy lunch crowd, a lot of their items are pre-packed, or served in a sort of lunchbox. Really cute! Might remind some people of mommy's lunch boxes and tupperwares for school.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mushroom & hazelnut salad</span> - roast mushrooms, zucchini, chickpeas, feta, kipflers, hazelnut dukkah, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$9.50</span></div>
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I actually really enjoyed it! The zucchini was the teeniest bit soggy, but what can you expect from sliced zucchinis? The mushrooms were cooked really well and tasted great, which is more than enough to make me really happy. The feta added a really good touch to it too, and it gave the right amount of saltiness to it.<br />
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Yummy.. mushrooms. I love mushrooms! Any kind except the smelly, Chinese, dried mushrooms.<br />
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The next day with Lara and the boys, we went at about the same time (1.30pm-ish). The place looked packed to the brim, but the crowd dispersed a minute or two after we were seated. Probably ordered to takeaway before heading back to the office.<br />
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The lunchbox I was talking about earlier! I think you'd only get this if you upgrade your sandwich to a lunch box, which comes with a house salad and something sweet for $4.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Corned beef sandwich</span> - corned beef, provolone cheese, pickle, horseradish, 7 grain sourdough, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$9.50</span>. </div>
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I completely forgot to ask Adam what he thought about his sandwich, but he seemed pretty happy that he got to have corned beef. Didn't hear any complaints from him, so I'm guessing it definitely wasn't bad.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Classic chicken sandwich</span> - free-range chicken, dill, parsley, house mayonnaise, rocket, 7 grain sourdough, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$9</span>.</div>
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I did have a taste of 'something sweet', and it was pretty good. Some sorta muffin with lemon curd on top. I loved how it was a little crispy at the bottom. In your everyday café, that would've cost about $3-$4, so I suppose paying $4 for that and a salad was legit.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Gorgonzola pumpkin</span>: Roast pumpkin, gorgonzola piccante, candied walnuts, braised leeks, <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$11</span>.</div>
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Lara seemed to really, really enjoy this. We both have similar tastes, I wanted to order this as well, but as most may know, I never order the same dish as someone else. I'll try this out one next time. </div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Prosciutto baguette</span> - Berkshire prosciutto, roast tomato chutney, rocket & parmesan, crusty baguette <span style="color: #c27ba0;">$9.50</span>.</div>
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It was an alright sandwich. There was a generous amount of shaved parmesan and it all tasted great together, but really, it would've been better if there was a little less bread, or a little more filling. But I suppose for that they'd have to increase the prices since prosciutto isn't anywhere near cheap.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day out with us Lara! I'll blog about the other places as the days go by, but for now, I need to sleep! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Food: 6 - 7 (i really liked the salad, but the sandwiches could've been better)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Coffee: N/A</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ambience: 8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Value: 6</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Staff: 7.5 </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Frank Ocean's channel Orange is awesome,</span></i></div>
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